
Cultural Psychiatry Day 2026
Detailed Agenda
1:20 – 1:30 PM Welcome, introductions, and land acknowledgement
Dr. Kenneth Fung and Lisa Andermann, University of Toronto
Part I: Keynote
1:30 – 2:00 PM Keynote: Advancing psychiatric practice and training through EDI, cultural perspectives, and ethnospecific services
Dr. Cécile Rousseau, McGill University
2:00 – 2:15 PM Q & A
2:15 – 2:20 PM Break
Part II: Panels: Lived experiences of EDI, cultural perspectives, and ethnospecific services in education and training
2:20 – 2:45 PM Panel 1: Clinician perspectives
Donna Alexander (SAPACCY), Lisa Andermann (Mount Sinai Ethnocultural ACT Team), Alan Fung (Mount Sinai Wellness Centre), and Peter Braunberger
2:45 – 3:00 PM Q&A
3:00 – 3:30 PM Panel 2: Resident perspectives
Fernanda Perez Gay-Juarez (McGill), Shuyi Zhai (McGill), Johanne Mathieu
(Queen’s), Tori Anderson (U of T), David Dai (U of T), and Dina-Liza Ikene
(Université de Sherbrooke)
3:30 – 3:45 PM Q&A
3:45 – 3:50 PM Break
Part III: Resident Presentation & Cultural Formulation
3:50 – 4:15 PM Resident presentation and cultural formulation by Dawn Veinot (Queen’s)
Supervised by Sarosh Khalid-Khan (Queen’s)
4:15 – 4:30 PM Q&A
4:30 – 4:35 PM Concluding comments and farewell
Planning Committee
G. Eric Jarvis (Transcultural Section Chair, CPA), Kenneth Fung (University of Toronto), Jaswant Guzder (McGill University), Lisa Andermann (University of Toronto), Azaad Kassam (University of Ottawa), Varinder Dua (COPCE Chair; Member, CPD Planning Committee, CPA), Oyedeji Ayonrinde (Queen’s University)
In collaboration with all participating university sites
Dalhousie University, McGill University, McMaster University, Memorial University, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa, University of Sherbrooke, University of Toronto, Western University, University of Calgary